US 12,220,059 B2
Modular pneumatic actuation system for adjustable support
Joseph Ermalovich, Santa Barbara, CA (US); and Carli Hill, Oxnard, CA (US)
Assigned to Ergomotion, Inc., Goleta, CA (US)
Filed by Ergomotion, Inc., Goleta, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/932,433.
Application 17/932,433 is a continuation of application No. 17/539,999, filed on Dec. 1, 2021, abandoned.
Prior Publication US 2023/0165382 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. A47C 20/04 (2006.01)
CPC A47C 20/048 (2013.01) 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A modular pneumatic actuation system for an articulating bed, the system comprising:
a plurality of pneumatic adjustment modules mountable to one or more support panels of the articulating bed, each respective one of the plurality of pneumatic adjustment modules comprises a base, a tilt panel attached to the base with a vertex hinge, and a bladder positioned between the base and tilt panel;
an inflation manifold supported on a bottom surface of a one of the one or more support panels, the inflation manifold having a pneumatic pump and regulating valves, the pneumatic pump connected to provide pressurized air to the regulating valves;
flexible conduits interconnecting each of the regulating valves to a respective one of the plurality of pneumatic adjustment modules, the flexible conduits extending through an aperture formed in the one of the one or more support panels;
a controller operably connected to the regulating valves, the controller configured to provide inflation or deflation commands, responsive to user input on a remote, to each of the regulating valves for flow of pressurized air from the pneumatic pump to the respective one of the plurality of pneumatic adjustment modules.